- to help protect the future of football from climate change.
- Green Football’s Great Save runs from 11th March – 2nd April 2025
Rotherham United Community Trust is joining clubs around the country taking part in Green Football’s Great Save by asking for donations of football boots.
Green Football’s Great Save is the world’s biggest climate-football campaign, which rallies the entire football community – fans, players, pundits, clubs, leagues, grassroots teams and schools – to take action to tackle climate change and protect the future of the game. It runs from 11th March – 2nd April.
This year is all about keeping sports kit in play for longer – whether by donating, selling, reusing or upcycling – helping to reduce waste, save money, and support those in the community who may otherwise lack access to kit.
Rotherham United Community Trust is showing its support for tackling climate change by asking Millers fans for donations of old or unworn football boots. On the back of their facility, Parkgate Astro, reopening in April they are appealing for football boots that are suitable for astroturf. The facility is a community sports facility, and they want it to be accessible for everyone, so through the donations of old boots it allows everyone, regardless of circumstances, to put on some boots and get stuck in.
Rotherham United is encouraging fans to join them in the fight against climate change. They can help Rotherham United F.C. win the Green Football cup by taking climate-friendly actions, and making green pledges, such as donating unwanted sports kit, travelling greener, eating more veg and saving energy. By taking part, fans can win prizes including free Sky Sports subscriptions and match day tickets.
Climate change is threatening the future of football, with the FA estimating that 120,000 grassroots games are cancelled per year due to pitch flooding. By 2050, one in four English football clubs can expect partial or total stadium flooding each year⁴.
Every year, an estimated 100,000¹ tonnes of sportswear ends up in UK landfills, which is the equivalent to 951 football shirts every minute—or 500 million per year2. Landfills produce large amounts of methane – one of the most toxic greenhouse gases – which fuels climate change. Keeping kit in play for just nine more months could reduce its carbon, water, and waste footprint by up to 30%.³
Sarah Jacobs, Green Football Director, said: “Football has an unequalled power to drive change, and it’s incredible to see so many clubs, fans, grassroots teams and players coming together to help save kit from landfill. Whether it’s donating a shirt or finding a new purpose for old kit, every action contributes to reducing waste, promoting sustainability in football and helping to protect the game we love.
For more information on all the activities and how to get involved, go to www.greenfootball.org
Green Football’s Great Save is co-founded by Sky Sports, TNT Sports, the Football Supporters Association, Pledgeball, Count Us In and exceptional.
